Agenda

Mar

21

Sat

On Saturday evening, March 21st, from 5 to 6:30 p.m., there will be a Hotdish Supper at St. Willibrord’s Catholic Church social hall in Gibbon, serving all you can eat, of a wide variety of hotdishes, salads, bread, desserts and beverage. The benefit is for parish youth, who are fundraising for Youth Conferences.

A portion of the sales will support Pro Kinship for Kids programming and all tips collected that night as Prod Kinship for Kids Mentors and Mentees serve and clear table for you will also go to support our activities

Mar

28

Sat

Minnesota Gladiolus Society annual bulb/corm auction, free and open to the public, will be held in the Community Room of the Cologne Community Center, 1211 Village Parkway, Cologne MN 55322

The Auction starts at 1 pm ending about 3 pm

If you want to know more about how to grow and show Gladiolus flowers a short program will be offered at 12:30 pm. This is a great opportunity to purchase varieties of gladiolus flowers you will not find at garden centers and you set the price.

Dine-in or tack-out food on this night for 10 percent of all the business from 4-7 pm that night to go to support Pro Kinship for Kids programming. There will be a special appearance by the Easter Bunny this night, so bring your cameras for a chance to get your picture taken with the Easter Bunny.

Pro Kinship for Kids Volunteers will also be running some games like Hole in One, Ring Toss, and Peanut Toss for prizes. There will be some fun Easter activities to enjoy as well with face paining available. McDonald’s will be running a movie for families to enjoy. Drawing will be held for adults and kids as well as materials available on Pro Kinship for Kids. Hope to see you there!!

Apr

4

Sat

March 14 -Its almost Spring, time to do some house painting, birdhouse that is!! We have the houses, you do the painting

March 21st-We will paint a picture together and when you take it home, it will be ready to hang. Show your family what an artist you are!

March 28th-Well, Easter is a week away, so let’s get together and paint some wooden eggs. They can decorate your home for years!

All classes will be 9:30-11:30 amClasses are held on the second floor in our community education roomAges 6-12 (Class size limited to 15) Each class is $20.00, everything includedCall 507.359.9222 to save your spot!

Apr

9

Thu

Blue Earth County, Nicollet County and the National Weather Service will host Skywarn Spotter Training onThurs., April 9, 2015 at 6 p.m. The training will take place at South Central College in North Mankato and is open to all interested parties. There is no charge for the training and d pre-registration is not required.

This course will teach the basic skills necessary to become a weather spotter. Storm spotters help their communities by participating in an organized effort to watch for approaching storms and warn of the formation of tornadoes or other threatening severe weather. Even with the use of Doppler radar equipment, there is a need for spotters in the field. Radar can only detect the parent circulation that spawns tornadoes and information is needed about whether tornadoes are actually being produced and to detect their precise location.

For additional information, please contact either Blue Earth County Emergency Management at (507) 304-4806 or Nicollet County Emergency Management at (507) 934-7872.

Documentary Film Series –Cox House Short Film Series Treaty Site History Center Thursday, April 9, 2015 7:00 p.m. Free admission.

PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE! Please join us for the 2014-15 documentary film series. A partnership between St. Peter Community and Family Education and the Nicollet County Historical Society, films are screened every month at the Treaty Site History Center, September through May. Cox House Short Film Series

The Cox House Short Film Series shines a light on the life in the Victorian Midwest during the late 1800s. Using archival photos and documents from around the region, as well as the “living archive” of the E. St. Julien Cox House museum, these short films share the experiences of local people in the context of pressing issues of the day, including the roles of women, life as a child, disease and death, the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862, and really wide streets! The Cox House Short Films are student films created in a collaboration between the Department of Communication Studies at Gustavus Adolphus College and the Nicollet County Historical Society.

Gustavus students and Martin Lang, Associate Professor of Communication Studies, will be on hand to discuss the experience of producing these short films.

The Treaty Site History Center features a national award-winning exhibit on the Traverse des Sioux Treaty of 1851 and its consequences, as well as local history, and a full-service research archive. Please contact the Society at 507-934-2160 or museum@nchsmn.org for more details.

Admission to the film series is free for all. The Treaty Site History Center is located one mile north of downtown Saint Peter at Highways 169 and 22, across from the Mankato Clinic.

Dec

12

Mon

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